Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Even with unlimited ressources humans would be the only species where millions still would die from hunger and thirst every year (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 4 months ago by Grogon to c/showerthoughts

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

The distribution problem in 100% of famines is that some government somewhere cracks down on the free transfer of food. They either physically stop food from moving, or they provide huge financial incentives for moving food outside the famine area.